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Economics and Politics of Russias Stagnation 2.0

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Columbia University Morningside Campus Kraft Center, Rennert Hall

 Sergei Guriev is Professor of Economics and former Rector of the New Economic School in Moscow, where he is also President of the Center for Economic and Financial Research. He currently holds the position of Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at Sciences Po. His research interests include contract theory, corporate governance, labor mobility, political economics, economics of development and transition.

The Harriman Lecture is organized by Columbia University's Harriman Institute, one of the worlds leading academic institutions for the study of Russia, Eurasia, and East Central Europe. Former Harriman Lecturers have included statesmen Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Schmidt, scholars Ernest Gellner and Katherine Verdery, and writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Imre Kertesz. The Harriman Lecture is made possible through the generosity of the family of W. Averell Harriman and the Mary W. Harriman Foundation.

Seating is limited and registration is required.

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